Improvement in saw-mills



4Nami s eine f CHARLEsWARREN, or CENTRE eRoroN, CONNECTICUT.

Lette/rs Patent No. 103,261, dated May 17, 1870.

-14M,.- mnovnMENT 1N sew-MILLS.

i l The Schedule r'eferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same v To all whom it mag/concern Be itknown that I, OHA'RLes WARREN, of Centre Groton, in the county of `New London and in the State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful `.Improvements in Gate for Saw-Mills; anddo h ereby declare that `the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the` accompanying `drawingsand to the letters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specication.

`'.lhe nature of my invention consists in 'the cong struction and arrangement of a gauge or gate for 4saw-mills, as will be hereinafter fuvilygset forth.`

In order to enable others skilled in the art `to which my invention appertains "to make and'use the same, Iiwill now proceed todescribe its construction and operation, reterringto the annexed drawing, in whch- Figure 1 is a front view, and

Figure 2 is afside view of my gate. 1 l Figure 3 is aview ot' a back plate used in regulating the gauge-slide; `and i Figure 4 ishorizontalsection of the saw' and gauge-` 4slides.` ,4 i

A representsthevsawgin the. upper end of which `is cut a slot.

` "Across this end of the saw is insertedtransversely another piece of saw-plate B, having a like slot cut so as to it in ,theslot origaincut in the saw, and set downso as to clinch `the `saw over it to hold itrm and extending at right` angles across the saw a sutili cient distance oue-ach side to run betweentwo gaugesldes, of a thickness equal atleast to the projection of. said piece across the saw-plate. y

O11 eac-h sideof,the sawA, I place the gauge-slides` C C'yone, C', back, andthe other, O, forward ofthe transverse piecejB, so that said piece will slide Vup and down between them, and said gauge-pieces to b e of a widthto extend to the front and back edge of the saw as far asydesired. l y The gauge-pieces C" are` covered wit-11 a timber,

` D, placed back of them on each side, which -timber i i has a groove cut inthe `back edge, and there a piece vot plank, E, is put on" and bolted firmly to said tim' Vbers and coveringthe back edge of the saws.

The front gauge-pieces O C are :firmly secured to the beams D D, while the back gauge-pieces G' C are attached by means of bolts, a a, passing through elongated slots in said pieces, so thatthey can set up close to the cross-head B ou" thel saw by means ofthe set-screws l) b, which pass through the back coveringE. Y

This covering E is attached to the beams I) D by means of bolts cl d, which pass through slots in the covering, so as to give the slides a chance to set up to the saw, by means of the screws c e in the outer braces G G, said braces being provided with a tongue ports or stiitens the saw throughout the whole length of saidgauge and prevents any spring or bend.

I am aware that there are movable gates which are raised or lowered to adapt them to diiferent logs,

but these do not stiften the saw, having a bearing ot'` only a few inches, whereas my improvement `-bears its whole length, and the saw, sliding through it, must necessarily run true and firm.

Having thus fully describedmyinvention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A 1. The combination of the slides C C', bea-ms D l), back E, and braces G G, all constructed and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The arrangement, with the slides C G', beams D D, back E, and braces G G, of the cross-head B, saw

A, bolts a (0 (l zZ, and e c, and set-screws?) 11,'a1l sub- Witnesses:

D. A. DABOLL, ROBERT H. OooLEY.

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